News tagged with web traffic

Swedish court overturns landmark file sharing ruling

A Swedish appeals court on Tuesday overturned a landmark file sharing ruling that forced an Internet service provider to reveal an Internet user's identity to five publishers.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

'Triple Space' offers web for web services

(PhysOrg.com) -- What the World Wide Web is to humans, the Triple Space could become for machines, say European researchers who have helped lay the foundations for this innovative integration of web services, semantic web ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ComScore, Omniture join up to measure audiences

(AP) -- Two of the largest companies involved in tracking and analyzing Web traffic are joining forces to measure digital audiences more comprehensively.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adobe to buy Omniture for $1.8B; 3Q profit slides

(AP) -- Adobe Systems Inc. said Tuesday it will buy Web analytic software company Omniture Inc. for about $1.8 billion, giving the maker of content-creation software a way to let marketers measure the effectiveness ...

Technology / Business

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

E-mails from public overload House Web site

(AP) -- Amid a boisterous debate on health care reform, people flooded members of Congress on Thursday with so many e-mails that they overloaded the House's primary Web site.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hacker attack shuts down Twitter, Facebook also slows down (Update 2)

(AP) -- Hackers on Thursday shut down the fast-growing messaging service Twitter for hours, while Facebook experienced intermittent access problems.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 5

News Corp. plans fees for newspaper Web sites

(AP) -- Visitors to the Web sites of newspapers owned by News Corp. will have to start coughing up fees to read the news within the next year, Chairman Rupert Murdoch said.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Swedish crackdown on piracy leads to fall in illegal filesharing

Sweden's tough new anti-piracy law has led to a sharp drop in illegal downloading but critics say the effects will be short-lived and argue it is an excessive breach of personal privacy.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Tech 101: How a denial-of-service attack works

(AP) -- Investigators are piecing together details about one of the most aggressive computer attacks in recent memory - a powerful "denial-of-service" assault that overwhelmed computers at U.S. and South Korean ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Googlefail! The Web reacts to virtual traffic jam

What would life be like without Google? Last week 83 million people found out.

Technology / Internet

created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Providers test the limits of access to Internet with new pricing systems

Your days of all-you-can-eat Internet buffet may be coming to an end. Probably not tomorrow, but soon enough, industry analysts say.

Technology / Telecom

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 12

Income slashed, web traffic falls when paper goes online-only

Researchers from City University London have found that at least 75 percent of revenue can be lost and web traffic can actually fall when a newspaper moves from print and web to web-only.

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 6

A ripple in the Twitterverse: When Oprah tweets, people follow

The social networking site Twitter is closing in on one week A.O. -- After Oprah -- and, as expected, the media mogul has inspired a horde of new users to sign up.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Be on the lookout for new police tool, aka Twitter

(AP) -- When Milwaukee police wanted to get word of a murder out quickly, they did it in 113 characters on Twitter.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hearst hopes Web-only Seattle P-I will turn profit

(AP) -- When the Seattle Post-Intelligencer transforms into an Internet-only operation Wednesday, it will try to do something it failed to accomplish for years as a traditional newspaper: make money.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0